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To: "'tigers'" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Subject: FW: ww1 a/c
From: "Adin,David" <DavidAdin@mercydurango.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 10:54:57 -0600
What was the handling problem again?  Only turned left climbing w/ throttle
on.  Turned rt. decending w/ throttle off?
And all this due to too much torque?  (never had tooooo much torque, have
you?)

Memory is way hazy on this stuff.
 
> Surprisingly enough, when I went to undergrad Aeronautical 
> school, Cal Poly
> at San Luis Obispo, Ca. we had a rotary LeRhone engine 
> mounted on a stand.
> It was fun to start that puppy and watch all the whirling 
> parts. Seeing the
> entire engine turn with the prop was awesome. Yes, it was a 
> booger to turn
> because of the torque needed to over come the gyro effects.
> 
> mayf
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ray McCrary" <spook01@home.com>
> To: <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>; <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 7:02 AM
> Subject: ww1 a/c
> 
> 
> > Actually, most WW1 aircraft used water cooled engines such 
> as the Liberty.
> > The Rhone rotary, which you mention, was a rather weird 
> exception, not
> > having a throttle at all, merely  a "blip switch".  The 
> engine ran at full
> > power; to land, you interrupted the ignition.  It was 
> difficult to make,
> and
> > the main problem for a fighter was the centrifugal force inherent in
> > rotating objects. The "gyro" action of the engine made the 
> aircraft less
> > maneuverable.
> > Best,
> > Ray McCrary
> > "Speed is Life;
> > of course Luck and Altitude
> > are helpful, too."

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